Figurative Language

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Definition of metaphor:

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Comparison of two things NOT using like or as.

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Example of assonance:

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Hear the lark and harken to the barking.

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Example of simile:

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Love is like a wrestling match.

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Definition of euphemism?

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A nicer way of saying something harsh or blunt about something unpleasant.

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Not an example of irony?

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When words imitate the sounds they represent.

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Hyperbole is a figure of speech that uses obvious and deliberate _________ to emphasize a point.

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exaggeration

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Definition of onomatopoeia?

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Words that imitate sounds.

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Example of alliteration:

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"Fair is foul, and foul is fair; Hover through the fog and filthy air."

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Term for a long speech by a character alone on stage expressing thoughts?

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Soliloquy

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Hinting at future events in a story, e.g., the chorus revealing the fate of Romeo and Juliet.

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Foreshadowing